[Oe List ...] John Michael Stewart died Wednesday April 7, 2010

[Ruth Landmann]

>I have been negligent in not reporting this. Mike Stewart and his 
>wife, Lisa, were in the San Francisco house for a time. His father 
>is Bob Stewart. Preceding him in death are his mother, Pat Stewart, 
>and his brother, my first husband, David Stewart. Mike was 61, his 
>birthday is April 16th. He had ALS and a rare disease called Picks' 
>Disease that atrophies the frontal lobe. Due to the ALS his 
>diaphragm was not working properly. He was wearing one of those 
>masks that forces oxygen at night because he was not expelling the 
>carbon dioxide. Lisa found him not breathing in their living room 
>and gave him CPR while phoning the medics on Tuesday. He coded again 
>at the hospital and after last rites on Wednesday they took him off 
>the respirator and he peacefully died. The weekend before, though he 
>was not talking much, the family had gathered at Mike and Lisa's 
>home in Sonoma and Mike was alert and smiling. Mike and Lisa have 
>two children. Noelle Biggs and her husband Scott live in San 
>Francisco. John Michael Jr., John, and his wife, Simona, also live 
>in San Francisco and are the parents of Mike and Lisa's two 
>grandchildren, Giovanni Patrick (the Patrick after Pat Stewart) and 
>Gabriella. A rosary will be held tomorrow at 7 pm at Duggan's 
>Funeral Home in Daly City. Thursday the funeral will be held at 
>Notre Dame de Victoire on Bush Street in downtown San Francisco, 
>interment to follow. My daughters, Tabitha and Catherine, will be 
>joining me in California for the services. Mike was a computer 
>genius. He worked for IBM who "lent" him to other companies like the 
>phone company and Bank of America. He and David were the two oldest 
>sons and were very close all their lives. Lisa tells a story that 
>Bob and Pat told of them losing each other in one of Bob's churches 
>when they were little. When one found the other behind the sacristy, 
>they hugged proclaiming, "My David," and "My Mike." This is the 
>image Lisa has of Mike's entry into the next world.

Ann, thank you for sharing this. I'm so sad for another loss in your 
extended family. I must have known Mike, just as I remember your 
husband, David, from all the RS-I, CS-I etc. that were taught at 
Bob's church.

I'm glad he died peacefully, with his family surrounding him.

Grace and Peace,
Ruth
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